> We will probably never know for sure how much of the bombers' poor construction was intentional or not ...
That's the reasoning that so alarms me. That can be said about anything (and is often used by propagandists): We will never know for sure if person X kidnapped and killed a prostitute, or if AIDS is a conspiracy of western doctors to kill Africans, or if the Muslim next door is a terrorist, or if aliens kidnapped my cousin, or if the KGB is following me.
Without evidence it's just a random guess and slanders the accused.
That's the reasoning that so alarms me. That can be said about anything (and is often used by propagandists): We will never know for sure if person X kidnapped and killed a prostitute, or if AIDS is a conspiracy of western doctors to kill Africans, or if the Muslim next door is a terrorist, or if aliens kidnapped my cousin, or if the KGB is following me.
Without evidence it's just a random guess and slanders the accused.